Vice President, Finance

About the Role

You will serve as both a strategic partner and a hands-on builder, responsible for guiding Ready through hyper-growth and into the public markets.

• Lead Ready’s financial strategy and long-term capital planning through SPAC IPO execution targeted for 2027
• Own and maintain the company's capitalization table, equity administration, option plans, and investor ownership records while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness
• Own IPO/SPAC readiness including financial reporting maturity, controls, governance, and public-company infrastructure
• Partner with the CEO on fundraising, investor relations, and capital markets strategy
• Build scalable finance, accounting, FP&A, and compliance functions aligned with rapid growth
• Establish forecasting, KPI frameworks, and operating discipline across the organization
• Prepare and manage S-1/SPAC documentation, audits, and public reporting requirements
• Develop relationships with banks, auditors, legal partners, and institutional investors
• Guide executive decision-making through rigorous financial insight and strategic modeling
• Support M&A evaluation, strategic partnerships, and long-range corporate planning
• Help shape Ready’s leadership culture as a trusted executive partner
• Manage current team of AP/AR, accountants, etc.

This is not a maintenance VP, Finance role — we are looking for a leader excited to build, scale, and take a company public.

Requirements

• Proven experience serving as senior finance executive at a venture-backed company
• Direct experience leading or playing a key leadership role in an IPO or SPAC transaction
• Deep understanding of capital markets, investor relations, and public company reporting
• Experience scaling financial operations in a high-growth startup environment
• Strong operational mindset — comfortable moving between strategy and execution
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with founders and executive teams
• Exceptional communication skills with investors, boards, and cross-functional leaders
• Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area

Nice to Have

• Experience working with federal or government markets
• Background supporting companies selling into regulated or public-sector environments
• Experience in a hardware or deep-tech company alongside software/SaaS operations
• Prior SPAC transaction experience

About Ready

• Creative problem solvers approaching a legacy industry with a new point of view
• Humble but ambitious, knowledgeable but curious, persistent but not obnoxious
• Concise and effective in written and spoken communication
• Comfortable working remotely
• One team, one dream

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity upside; salary range is $275,000-$325,000
• Executive-level equity aligned with IPO outcomes
• Competitive (and ever expanding) benefits for employees and dependents
• Remote-first work environment with Bay Area executive presence
• A chance to play a defining role in taking Ready public
• Company retreats 1–2x a year

The charter to realize a market set to receive $65B+ in U.S. grant funding.